You may remember from some point in your schooling a lecture about a little thing called plagiarism. Wikipedia states, “Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as ‘the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one’s own original work,’” attributing this definition to…
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How to Beat the Business Writing Blahs
You can bring some zing back to your business writing with a little creativity. But, what is creativity? One clue comes from the root word of “creativity,” which is “create,” meaning “to grow or cause to grow.” Consider a situation in which you “grow” a plant. Really what you are doing is supplying the conditions…